Behind the numbers: The impact of Medicaid 'unwinding' in Georgia

The state of Georgia is currently redetermining eligibility requirements for Medicaid and Peach Care for Kids.

Nearly 3 million people in Georgia receive Medicaid health insurance, but that number has been slowly decreasing as thousands of people are being dropped as the state reevaluates who’s eligible. This is due to a pandemic-era rule that protected people from losing their Medicaid coverage.

The process of evaluating eligibility is known as Medicaid “unwinding.”